diff --git a/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.hpp b/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.hpp
index 7d0aa3a..84afbe2 100644
--- a/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.hpp
+++ b/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef MIO_BASIC_MMAP_HEADER
 #define MIO_BASIC_MMAP_HEADER
 
+#include <iterator>
+#include <string>
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 # ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #  define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
@@ -10,14 +13,18 @@
 # define INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE -1
 #endif // ifdef _WIN32
 
-#include <iterator>
-#include <string>
-
 namespace mio {
 namespace detail {
 
 size_t page_size();
 
+template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap;
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap<CharT>& b);
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap<CharT>& b);
+
 /**
  * Most of the logic in establishing a memory mapping is the same for both read-only and
  * read-write mappings, so they both inherit from basic_mmap.
@@ -27,15 +34,14 @@ template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap
     using value_type = CharT;
     using size_type = int64_t;
     using reference = value_type&;
-    using const_reference = const reference;
+    using const_reference = const value_type&;
     using pointer = value_type*;
-    using const_pointer = const pointer;
+    using const_pointer = const value_type*;
     using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
     using iterator = pointer;
     using const_iterator = const_pointer;
-    // TODO these don't seem to work with regular pointers
-    //using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
-    //using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+    using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
     using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     using handle_type = HANDLE;
@@ -56,8 +62,7 @@ private:
 
     // On POSIX, we only need a file handle to create a mapping, while on Windows
     // systems the file handle is necessary to retrieve a file mapping handle, but any
-    // subsequent operations on the mapped region must be done through the file mapping
-    // handle.
+    // subsequent operations on the mapped region must be done through the latter.
     handle_type file_handle_ = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     handle_type file_mapping_handle_ = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
@@ -110,6 +115,14 @@ public:
     const_iterator end() const noexcept { return begin() + length(); }
     const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return begin() + length(); }
 
+    reverse_iterator rbegin() { return reverse_iterator(end()); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rcbegin() const { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
+
+    reverse_iterator rend() { return reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rcend() const { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+
     reference operator[](const size_type i) noexcept { return data_[i]; }
     const_reference operator[](const size_type i) const noexcept { return data_[i]; }
 
@@ -117,11 +130,15 @@ public:
         const access_mode mode, std::error_code& error);
     void map(const handle_type handle, const size_type offset, const size_type length,
         const access_mode mode, std::error_code& error);
-
     void unmap();
 
     void sync(std::error_code& error);
 
+    void swap(basic_mmap& other);
+
+    friend bool operator==<CharT>(const basic_mmap& a, const basic_mmap& b);
+    friend bool operator!=<CharT>(const basic_mmap& a, const basic_mmap& b);
+
 private:
 
     static handle_type open_file(const std::string& path,
diff --git a/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.ipp b/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.ipp
index 34e6c39..16bf267 100644
--- a/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.ipp
+++ b/include/mio/detail/basic_mmap.ipp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "basic_mmap.hpp"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 # include <unistd.h>
 # include <fcntl.h>
@@ -330,6 +332,38 @@ bool basic_mmap<CharT>::is_mapped() const noexcept
 #endif
 }
 
+template<typename CharT>
+void basic_mmap<CharT>::swap(basic_mmap<CharT>& other)
+{
+    if(this != &other)
+    {
+        using std::swap;
+        swap(data_, other.data_); 
+        swap(file_handle_, other.file_handle_); 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        swap(file_mapping_handle_, other.file_mapping_handle_); 
+#endif
+        swap(length_, other.length_); 
+        swap(mapped_length_, other.mapped_length_); 
+    }
+}
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap<CharT>& b)
+{
+    if(a.is_mapped() && b.is_mapped())
+    {
+        return (a.size() == b.size()) && std::equal(a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin());
+    }
+    return !a.is_mapped() && !b.is_mapped();
+}
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap<CharT>& b)
+{
+    return !(a == b);
+}
+
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace mio
 
diff --git a/include/mio/detail/mmap.ipp b/include/mio/detail/mmap.ipp
index 7083ca3..1720a10 100644
--- a/include/mio/detail/mmap.ipp
+++ b/include/mio/detail/mmap.ipp
@@ -76,6 +76,30 @@ void basic_mmap_sink<CharT>::map(const handle_type handle, const size_type offse
 template<typename CharT>
 void basic_mmap_sink<CharT>::sync(std::error_code& error) { impl_.sync(error); }
 
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& b)
+{
+    return a.impl_ == b.impl_;
+}
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& b)
+{
+    return a.impl_ != b.impl_;
+}
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& b)
+{
+    return a.impl_ == b.impl_;
+}
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& b)
+{
+    return a.impl_ != b.impl_;
+}
+
 } // namespace mio
 
 #endif // MIO_MMAP_IMPL
diff --git a/include/mio/mmap.hpp b/include/mio/mmap.hpp
index d7f400f..673d217 100644
--- a/include/mio/mmap.hpp
+++ b/include/mio/mmap.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
 namespace mio {
 
+template<typename CharT> class basic_mmap_source;
+template<typename CharT> class basic_mmap_sink;
+
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& b);
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_source<CharT>& b);
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator==(const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& b);
+template<typename CharT>
+bool operator!=(const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& a, const basic_mmap_sink<CharT>& b);
+
 /**
  * When specifying a file to map, there is no need to worry about providing
  * offsets that are aligned with the operating system's page granularity, this is taken
@@ -23,9 +35,13 @@ namespace mio {
  */
 
 /** A read-only file memory mapping. */
-template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap_source
+template<typename CharT> class basic_mmap_source
 {
     using impl_type = detail::basic_mmap<CharT>;
+    impl_type impl_;
+
+public:
+
     using value_type = typename impl_type::value_type;
     using size_type = typename impl_type::size_type;
     using reference = typename impl_type::reference;
@@ -35,15 +51,11 @@ template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap_source
     using difference_type = typename impl_type::difference_type;
     using iterator = typename impl_type::iterator;
     using const_iterator = typename impl_type::const_iterator;
-    //using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
-    //using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+    using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
     using iterator_category = typename impl_type::iterator_category;
     using handle_type = typename impl_type::handle_type;
 
-private:
-    impl_type impl_;
-public:
-
     basic_mmap_source() = default;
     basic_mmap_source(const std::string& path,
         const size_type offset, const size_type length);
@@ -80,20 +92,33 @@ public:
     const_iterator end() const noexcept { return impl_.end(); }
     const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return impl_.cend(); }
 
+    const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const noexcept { return impl_.rbegin(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const noexcept { return impl_.crbegin(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept { return impl_.rend(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept { return impl_.crend(); }
+
     const_reference operator[](const size_type i) const noexcept { return impl_[i]; }
 
     void map(const std::string& path, const size_type offset,
         const size_type length, std::error_code& error);
     void map(const handle_type handle, const size_type offset,
         const size_type length, std::error_code& error);
-
     void unmap() { impl_.unmap(); }
+
+    void swap(basic_mmap_source& other) { impl_.swap(other.impl_); }
+
+    friend bool operator==<CharT>(const basic_mmap_source& a, const basic_mmap_source& b);
+    friend bool operator!=<CharT>(const basic_mmap_source& a, const basic_mmap_source& b);
 };
 
 /** A read-write file memory mapping. */
-template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap_sink
+template<typename CharT> class basic_mmap_sink
 {
     using impl_type = detail::basic_mmap<CharT>;
+    impl_type impl_;
+
+public:
+
     using value_type = typename impl_type::value_type;
     using size_type = typename impl_type::size_type;
     using reference = typename impl_type::reference;
@@ -103,15 +128,11 @@ template<typename CharT> struct basic_mmap_sink
     using difference_type = typename impl_type::difference_type;
     using iterator = typename impl_type::iterator;
     using const_iterator = typename impl_type::const_iterator;
-    //using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
-    //using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+    using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
     using iterator_category = typename impl_type::iterator_category;
     using handle_type = typename impl_type::handle_type;
 
-private:
-    impl_type impl_;
-public:
-
     basic_mmap_sink() = default;
     basic_mmap_sink(const std::string& path,
         const size_type offset, const size_type length);
@@ -144,14 +165,22 @@ public:
     pointer data() noexcept { return impl_.data(); }
     const_pointer data() const noexcept { return impl_.data(); }
 
-    iterator begin() noexcept;
+    iterator begin() noexcept { return impl_.begin(); }
     const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return impl_.begin(); }
     const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return impl_.cbegin(); }
 
-    iterator end() noexcept;
+    iterator end() noexcept { return impl_.end(); }
     const_iterator end() const noexcept { return impl_.end(); }
     const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return impl_.cend(); }
 
+    reverse_iterator rbegin() noexcept { return impl_.rbegin(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const noexcept { return impl_.rbegin(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const noexcept { return impl_.crbegin(); }
+
+    reverse_iterator rend() noexcept { return impl_.rend(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept { return impl_.rend(); }
+    const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept { return impl_.crend(); }
+
     reference operator[](const size_type i) noexcept { return impl_[i]; }
     const_reference operator[](const size_type i) const noexcept { return impl_[i]; }
 
@@ -159,11 +188,15 @@ public:
         const size_type length, std::error_code& error);
     void map(const handle_type handle, const size_type offset,
         const size_type length, std::error_code& error);
+    void unmap() { impl_.unmap(); }
 
     /** Flushes the memory mapped page to disk. */
     void sync(std::error_code& error);
 
-    void unmap() { impl_.unmap(); }
+    void swap(basic_mmap_sink& other) { impl_.swap(other.impl_); }
+
+    friend bool operator==<CharT>(const basic_mmap_sink& a, const basic_mmap_sink& b);
+    friend bool operator!=<CharT>(const basic_mmap_sink& a, const basic_mmap_sink& b);
 };
 
 using mmap_sink = basic_mmap_sink<char>;
diff --git a/test/test.cpp b/test/test.cpp
index 1afce5a..0b9020b 100644
--- a/test/test.cpp
+++ b/test/test.cpp
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             assert(0);
         }
     }
+
+    auto rit = file_view.rbegin();
+    auto rend = file_view.rend();
 }